(price-clipped) [moderate shelfwear, fading to cloth at edges, light soiling to page edges; jacket shows wear at extremities, small tear and minor paper loss at bottom of rear panel]. "This is the story of Beanpole Baker, a sensitive 7-1/2' Negro boy whose extraordinary talent for sinking a ball through a hoop has made him the most sought-after precollege basketball player in the United States. It is also the story of the 'hollow men' of the communications media and, especially, of Tom Kirk, staff writer for View Magazine, who has been assigned to write Bean's story for a forthcoming iss...View More...